Tinā review – a feelgood choir drama that follows a winning formula

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A huge hit in Aotearoa New Zealand, this film follows a teacher who transforms an elite private school with music, played beautifully by Anapela Polataivao Ah yes: the inspirational high school movie! This formula is an oldie but a goodie: a thinking-outside-the-box teacher profoundly inspires their students while restoring something broken inside themselves. Such narratives view education as a “school of life” in which everybody – irrespective of age and circumstance – is always in a state of learning and growing. The teacher’s unconventional methods are inevitably questioned; various triumphs and tragedies ensue. And in musically themed productions such as the Aotearoa New Zealand drama Tinā, momentum builds towards a rousing final performance. Tonally, Miki Magasiva’s film is less School of Rock than Mr Holland’s Opus: middle-of-the-road stylistically and not so much tugging the heartstrings as giving them a right royal yank. There’s no ambiguity in his script, which puts its emot...
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Armie Hammer’s Ex-wife, Elizabeth Chambers, Seems To Have Sought To Collaborate With House Of Effie In Order To Harm Him

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It appears that Elizabeth Chambers attempted to collude with House of Effie to take down her estranged husband, Armie Hammer, in a twist that could have been lifted straight from the pages of a suspense book. Effie is a pseudonym used by the woman who created the now-famous Instagram account that was the first to level allegations of sexual misconduct against Hammer. Effie has shared text messages that are said to have been sent by Chambers, which show the founder of Bird Bakery pressuring Chambers to press charges against Hammer so that she can get full custody of their two children, Harper and Ford. Effie, who later accused Hammer of raping her, allegedly told Chambers that she was "feeling a little bit suicidal" and that she didn't have time to talk to Chambers in one of the texts that were shared on her Instagram account. Effie also claimed that she didn't have the opportunity to speak with Chambers. At one time, Chambers allegedly stated, "I truly need custody of my lovely children." Chambers has two children. Do you believe that you will be able to make a statement this week? Of course, everything is going to be kept confidential... She allegedly said, "I don't want to pressure you, but your understanding is far more in-depth than the others we have." Chambers, who is now 40 years old, is said to have communicated with Effie, who is 36 years old, via different texts that she required Hammer, who was holed up in the Cayman Islands during the controversy, to leave the islands because he posed a threat to their children. She is reported to have written that he hasn't even seen the children, that he f*cks anybody who walks by, and that he is taking a new blonde out on his father's big yacht. Because of the court order that I used to force him to come here and try to be a parent, he is now a threat to the children. He must leave. In addition to this, the actress from "Game Plan" asserted that the star of "The Social Network" should be imprisoned since he harms other individuals.

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